The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-21
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lar Dr. Hendrix made efforts TO extract It, but
o1ly succeeded in recovering lOc.
AsBT-RY PARE, " j.. has new beach super
jntendent. her ex-postmaster. whose duty il
will be to see that iudecorous- bathing costumes
shall not be worn during the season
sIKs. NAeDALExA BoGes, of Milton. Ind. was
born in Lancaster, Pa, Dec. p, 1873, and is
therefore nearly 164 years old She is in pretty
good health, but her memory is weak.
AoRAY EAGLE was shot near Frankfort the
other day at the outlet of Crystal lake. When
shot the bird was skimming over the water for
fish, and its mouth and throat were crammed
fllll. The bird measured seven feet across from
the tips Of the wings
AT ToURs, FRANCE, next month all the moth
ers of The Little Sisters of the Poor will meet
the founder of the Order. Rev August LIE Pail
lcur for consultation. Cardinal De Rennis Will
preside and The superiors of 2S6 societies are
expected TO be present.
A LADY by the name of Trimmer has sued the
Louisville New Orleans and Texas railroad for
$1,000 on account of damages which she claims
TO have sustained from buffalo gnats at Luna,
Miss where she was detained over night
through the neglect of the road.
A COW at West Monroe, \. Y, refuses to own
her offspring because of its very uncalfiike APP
pearance It is only half the regulation size,
has wool, with occasional spots OF long, SILKY
hair, its head and tail are those of a sheep and
are bovine IN look.
An insurance paper has been collecting the
statistics of suicide in the United States. Among
the most singular and perplexing things is the
fact that the classification by condition shows
a greater proportion of suicides among the
married than the unmarried which Is contrary
TO the accepted theory"
AT a recent service in Trinity church, Pitts
burg baby just big enough TO stand alone
Nd and -bad
chartered, and clapped her hands, and no one
objected, for no one was disturbed. The con-
gregation were deaf muteS and the service was
conducted in this sign language.
In the town of Harrison, Wis, last week an
old lady was arrested for paSturing her COW in
the road and fined g and costs. After she had
paid up she produced basket OF rotten eggs
and proceeded to pelt the man who complained
of her. The man tried TO get away, but The old
woman followed him up and plastered him all
over with the rotten hen fruit.
THE famous COW Electa, for which her OWNER,
A. J. Cowan of Venango county, Penn, once re-
fused $1,000 has been sold by him to an Oil
City butcher for $50, having been ruined by over
feeding. Although this cow stood at the head
of milk producers in this country few years
ago, her pedigree was never known. She came
to Cowan's farm estray, She was IA
nous prize winner.
THE Boston Budget tells this story of Boston
school on exhibition day: The teacher gave
out the word hazardous for boy to spell,
and to her great surprise he promptly spelled it
'hazardess." Thinking that the definition
might jog his memory in regard to the ortho-
graphical blunder of which he was guilty, she
asked him TO give the meaning, whereupOn her
establishment was intensified with the reply: "A
female hazard
Col BEACH, of Krklin valley, Arr, is the
owner of a three-eyed colt. Each eye is in pos
session of an upper and lower eyelid delicately
fringed with eyelashes, bat while the two in the
customary locality diminish gradually toward
the outer edges of thehead, the lids belonging
to the middle eye look when closed like the
segments of a circle. In addition TO three eyes
the colt sports double set of nostrils, both of.
| which are perfectly defined. -
COSTLY WIDOWS CAP is to be sent to Queen
Victoria as a jubilee gift from the Queen-Regent
! of Spain. 1t is made Of priceless old Spanish
| lace. with an embroidered veil at the back hang
| ing almost to the ground. and pearl dladem in
! front, the jewels being embroidered on the lace
| by Queen Christina herself, VINO is an accom-
plished needle-woInan. The cap is copied from
| an old portrait which Queen Christina found in
| the palace of Madrid, representing widow of
| the Spanish royal house in the gala costume of
| three centuries ago.
BOY riding horse in a race at Ogden Utah,
| passed the winning post, and after running
short distance turned sharply and ran into
4 wagon which was standing by the track with
| the brake set. The foot-bar of the brake was
| on level with the boys ear and upon this bar
the boy was caught. The upper portion of his
ear was penetrated and the iron ranged back
| ward along the base OF the skull. The horse
| passed from under its rider, who was left dan
Cling in the air. He is expected to die of con-
| cussion Of the brain.
| A CONFERENCE was recently held in London to
consider the advisability of forming a national
prohibition party in Great Britain. The hundred
or so of delegates who were present were unani-
nous in believing that the time had come for
| organizing such party, but its proceedings
| were hardly noticed by the great metropolitan
journals No people of any prominence at
tended the conference, with the possible excep
ton of Mr.. Axel Gustafson, who is busy agitat-
ing this question in England. A religious
| journal, the Christian Commonwealth, is Wig
orously advocating prohibition for Great
| Britain.
THE condition of Carlyle's house in Great
Cheyne Row. writes the London correspondent
of the Leeds Mercury. lis positive scandal
1t has not been occupied since the death of the
sage. probably because the owner has put on a
| fancy rent in consideration of the fame of the
late tenant But whether occupied or not occu-
pied. the house might as regards its exterior at
| least. be kept in state of decent repair Pill
| grius from all parts of the world continually visit
it, and they must be shocked to see the broken
| windows, the decaying woodwork, and the
kitchen area filed with old boots, hats and
| other denominations"
90 many lduleS HOW want 10 rlQe on the out
side seats of the Fifth avenue, New York, stages
on pleasant evenings that it is impossible to ac-
| commodate them all. Many of the ladies who
are fortunate enough to secure the coveted
seats ride up and down the avenue two or three
times much to the disgust of others who are
waiting along the line for vacant seat The
company have provided ladder for the accom-
mediation of ladies at Fifty-ninth street and at
Ninth street, but many of the ladies scorn to
use them, preferring TO mount just like men,
aided, of course, by their escorts. The smokers
who are in the habit of sitting on these outside
seats feel that their rights are being infringed
upon.
SEVEN letters, written by the Duke of Kert,
father of Queen Victoria, were sold at the Hotel
Drouot, Paris, the other day, for a sum of $40
In one of these dated August II. 1919, occurs
the following statement about the Dukes infant
daughter, who was afterwards to be Queen of
England and Empress of India: Her first name
is AleXandrina; Victoria by which name she is
always called at home, is her last, being that of
her dear mother. The first she bears after her
godfather, the Emperor of Russia As to her
resemblance to both of her parents may tell
you that her mouth and her hair which last
promises TO be dark brown, are like her mothers
| Everybody says that her eyes and nose are
mine. Yesterday she accomplished her twelfth
week, and, what is remarkable, she is as strong
as q child of five months, and already shows
symptoms OF teething"